Need for Speed Underground 2 (Sony PlayStation 2, 2004)

Need for Speed Underground 2 is a very well done street racing game. What I really enjoyed about it was the freedom to roam and do your own thing that it gives you. Anyways, more about that later! Basically there are two modes to the game. The first is the Quick Race mode. You pick a car, pick a track, pick the type of race you want to do, and off you go. This is the multiplayer mode, up to two players. The main chunk of the game though, is Career mode. You start Career mode getting off of a plane in a city called Bayview, where you have just moved. You have a friend in the city name Rachel who leaves her car for you to drive to your new home. Rachel becomes your main contact in the game and gives you all sorts of helpful information along the way. This first ride home is where you experience your first street race in Bayview. After you finish this race you start the game in earnest by picking your first car from the car lot. Here is how the game works from this point on. Basically you get free roam of the city, which is what I talked about earlier. You can just drive around the city exploring and choose to do whatever you wish, whenever you wish, and you have reference tools to help you choose what you want to do next. First you have your message centre. This is where any messages from Rachel or other racers in the city will send you text messages to fill you in on what's happening in the world of street racing in Bayview. Usually the messages reference a hidden race going on somewhere that you can get in on, that there is new inventory available at the car lot or any of the auto shops, or that there is a magazine or dvd cover shoot opportunity available somewhere. The other main tool you have at your disposal is the World Map. Here you can view Bayview in it's entirety, from above. On the map are icons showing everything that is going on in Bayview. It shows icons for the locations of any discovered performance, body, car specialties, and graphics shops, as well as the locations of all discovered car lots. It also shows the positions of other street racers who you can challenge to "Outrun races". What you will mainly be looking for on the map though, are all of the race icons. Purple icons are for Circuit races, green icons are for Sprint races, white icons are for Drift races, dark blue icons are for Drag races, and light blue icons are for Street X races. When you win a race you will always receive a cash payout of some amount, and usually you will also earn reputation points, which help build, naturally, your reputation! My suggestion, especially when starting off the game, is to play to your strengths. I was very good at Circuit, Sprint, and Street X races at first, but I was awful at Drag races and so-so at Drift races. Stick with the races you are good at for a while and earn some cash. Once you have enough cash to start upgrading your car's performance, then go back and try the harder races after. It will make life a lot easier! Once you start winning a lot of races you will be offered sponsorships by various car manufacturers. Take the deal you feel suits you best and keep on racing! You will earn about 4 sponsorships throughout your career with each once getting progressively better than the last. These sponsorships earn you a lot more cash and they also unlock the meat and potatoes races of the game, the U.R.L. (Underground Racing League) races. These races are longer and they take place on an actual race track with a lot mo

This is my all time favorite game for the playstation 2 console. I am glad that i found it here on eBay, The career mode is by far the best one that i have ever seen on any game for the simple fact is, you drive from race to race and "fix up" the car of your choice when you want. other racing games have no free play in between, little customization abilities, and cars that aren't so great. NFSU2 features cars such as the Honda civic, Mitsubishi eclipse, the Mitsubishi lancer, the Subaru WRX impreza, Nissan skyline, and many more of the street racers dream cars. there are many body kits, body styles, paint colors, rims, stereo layouts and accessories, neons, hydraulics, and nitrous purge available. this game is a must by for any race game fan!

I purchased this game because my 10 year old son has been asking me to buy him this game but in stores it is to much money and when i finally seen it on ebay we both got excited!!! It was very close to home and had a very good price tag and good description.I like to make sure that the product has a description and is detailed.It came packaged very well and seemed to be new. My son loves it and plats it everyday.

This is one of my most favorite street racing games of all times. The cars and the city's look so real. Their are all types of races. You get to do every thing possible to a car from the engine all the way to the interior. I would highly recommend this game for someone who loves street racing games.

I loved this game, it has many races and options for your car to be decked out. Its the nerd's way of being a virtual tuner. The controls are friendly, and it has varying race types. The only issues I have are that you must travel the map to get from race to race and that the game gets repetitive before you start dealing with the higher end/upper tier cars such as the Nissan 350z. Good game for those who are looking for a racing game.